VIII Fighter Command
16 September 1942Description
1FG despatches 24 P-38s on a fighter sweep of the French coastline between Dieppe and Le Touquet, France.
Mission Details
DIEPPE / LE TOUQUET
Description: FIGHTER SWEEP
Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
Notes: Fighter sweep of French coastline between Dieppe and Le Touquet.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 24
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 350th Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-401549
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 26-Oct-2014. Mission description based on "Mighty Eighth War Diary" Roger A. Freeman.
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.